Community Outreach Services - Together we can build a brighter future

Community Outreach is a program funded through the Family Planning Association of Maine. The program goal is twofold: to increase awareness and utilization of KVCAP Family Planning Clinics; and to decrease teen pregnancy rates in Northern Kennebec and Somerset Counties. Community Outreach works collaboratively with other service agencies and community groups. We offer a variety of outreach activities and presentations at no cost to participants.

Do you need a speaker for your workplace, club, civic organization, wellness
committee or parent group?
If so, please see the list of topics below:

• Healthy Sexuality
• Puberty & Sexual Development
• Reproductive Health Care
• STD Risk Reduction (including HIV/AIDS)
• Talking with Your Kids about Sexuality
• Decision-making & Communication Skills
• Raising Self-Esteem
• Partner Responsibilities
• Methods of Contraception (including abstinence)
• Sexual Abuse Prevention
• Sexual Orientation
• Time & Stress Management for Health

Program Contact Information:
Amanda Hilton
KVCAP
26 Mary Street
Skowhegan, ME 04976
1-800-542-8227 ext. 2529 or 859-2529

Facts/Links

• About 200 million women around the world have taken the birth control pill since 1960. In the U.S. over 17 million women use it.
• The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services recommends that every woman who is 18 years or older or who has ever engaged in vaginal sex, receive a pap smear and pelvic exam annually.
• The American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer include:
  • Age 20 - 39: Clinical breast exam by a doctor or nurse every
    three years; monthly breast self-examination
  • Age 40+: Annual mammography; annual clinical breast exam by a
    doctor or nurse, close to the time of mammography; monthly
    breast self-examination
• A woman who has intercourse without using contraception has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant in a year. With no contraception, a healthy woman could give birth to more than 20 children during her child-bearing years.
• The CDC reports that Chlamydia is the #1 sexually transmitted infection in the U.S., with an estimated 3 million cases nationwide in 2002.
• The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released statistics that show genital herpes has increased 30% in the last two decades, and now affects more than 1 in 5 Americans over the age of 12.
• There is an estimated 5.5 million Americans per year who contract human papilloma virus (genital warts), and about 20 million who already have it.
• Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers in men 15 - 34 years of age, and accounts for 12% of all cancer deaths in this age group. Because of this, the American Cancer Society recommends that all men perform a monthly self-examination of the testicles and notifying a doctor if any hard lumps or nodules are found.

Related Web Sites

SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
American Cancer Society
American Social Health Association
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
United States Centers For Disease Control